Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association Team Season.
The 1988 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1988 college football season. The Irish coached by Lou Holtz ended the season with 12 wins and no losses winning the national championship. The Fighting Irish won the title by defeating the previously unbeaten and No. 3 ranked West Virginia Mountaineers in the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl in Tempe Arizona by a score of a 34-21.
